Name: Renard M.
Magnifico
Course/Year: BIT – ELXT 3C
Date Submitted:
Instructor: Mr. Arlan P. Belen
MODULE 6: GE-ET
Categorical Imperative 1 (Principle of Universalizability)
ACTIVITY:
1. What are your principles that you strive to live by? If none (which I doubt), what principles do you
want to strive to follow?
Because I know that if I don’t, all I’ll feel is misery and sorrow, I strive to live by the principle of
choosing happiness. Happiness is a choice, not a result of circumstance, and it isn’t something that
some individuals have while others don’t. We must work hard and maintain a positive attitude at
all times if we want to be happy. Positive affirmations taught us how to control our emotions,
which in turn improved our happiness and quality of life.
2. Take a look at the following examples:
a. When I drive, I am not speeding because I don’t want to be caught and get a ticket.
b. When I drive, I am not speeding because I am not the kind of person who speeds:
One of the examples is a rule, and the other is a principle. Which is which? What do you think is the
difference between principles and rules?
Principles are statements or values that direct one’s actions or evaluate one’s performance. The letter b is
the principle in this instance because it shows that the person knows his actions and behaviors in which it is
not his doings on speeding.
Rules are authoritative, specified directive for action, is one of the regulations regulating procedure in a
national parliament or a regulation. In this scenario, letter an is the rule because it shows that they are aware
of the law, which states that they will be caught if they speed.
APPLICATION AND ASSESSMENT:
1. What are the rules you follow? What are principles you adhere to? Give an example of rules and
principles you adhere to.
Rule:
In this situation, I follow certain rules, such as maintaining physical or social distance, quarantining, indoor
air circulation, persistent cough coverings, hand washing, and keeping unsanitary hands away from the face.
To minimize the danger of transmission in public areas, face masks or coverings have been recommended.
Principle:
My guiding principle is to be a positive person who is strong in the face of adversity.
2. During World War II, Dutch fishermen smuggled Jewish refugees to England in their boats, and
sometimes they would be stopped by Nazi patrols. The Nazi captain would call out and ask the Dutch
captain where he was going, who was on board, and so forth. The fishermen would lie and be allowed to
pass. Clearly, the fishermen had only two options: either they lie, or they let everyone on their boat be
killed. Does it mean that lying is not morally permissible?
The question at hand is whether or not there is a moral difference between killing someone and failing to
save their life. Murdering and not murdering are two very different things. Saving a life is not the same as
murdering someone; in fact, whereas murdering someone is an action, refusing to save someone’s life is
not. Instead of actual deeds, life is a sequence of omissions. However, this contrast cannot be utilized to
draw any moral implications, because moral behavior must be justified. At least one absence, or failure to
complete the needed action, is morally blameworthy in any scenario where morality is required. As a result,
we can’t infer that merely actions, rather than absences, are to blame.
3. Imagine that someone is fleeing from a murderer and tells you that he is going home to hide. Then the
murderer comes by and asks you where the man is. You believe that, if you tell the truth, you will be
aiding in a murder.
Furthermore, the killer is already headed the right way, so if you simply remain silent, the worst result is likely.
What should you do?
Whether lying is wrong or not, according to Constant, depends on the circumstances, — in other words, to
whom we are lying. Because murderers have no right to the truth, no one is obligated to tell them the truth.
Although lying is unethical, in the eventuality of a precarious position in which we should save the life of
someone in danger, I will tell the killer the truth in order to preserve their own life.
EVALUATION:
1. A
2. A
3. B
4. B
5. A
6. A
7. A
8. B
9. B
10. B
